Obituary J. H. James Contributed by Linda James Ali, 31 Dec 1998   February 1934 J. H. James, aged 83, a pioneer resident of the Milford community, passed away at the family residence about two miles N. W. of Milford last Monday night at about 11 o'clock. Mr. James had been confined to his home for several months and to his bed for several weeks before the end came. His health had gradually failed for the past several years. Funeral services were from the Methodist church of which he had long been a member on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 6, 1934, in charge of Rev. R. W. Nation, pastor, with interment in the Milford cemetery. James Higgins James was born in Tippah County, Miss. Dec. 6, 1850. His boyhood and youth were spent in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. He moved to Texas in 1871 and in 1874 moved to Madison Co. Ark. where he married Nancy A. C. Wade. Then lived Brown County for three years, Hill County one year and returned to Ark. The family returned to Texas in 1888, and after a year in Hill County, he located in Ellis County on the farm which has been his home since Dec. 1891. He had been a member of the Methodist Church since 1888, serving as steward, Sunday School superintendent, trustee, etc. He was a member of the building committee which built the building merged intoo the present building. For seven years he was road commissioner of the Milford districe and was in charge of building the first graveled roads in this part of the country. He also served as trustee of the Milford schools for fourteen years. He is survived by his wife and ten of the eleven children. They are: B. W. James, Fort Worth; Rev. John L. James, Milford; Mrs. Anna Peden, Hillsboro; Mrs. Enna King, Denton; Parks James, Milford; Tom James, Breckenridge; A. Sidney James, Denton, H., Grady James, Covington. A daughter, Carrie Louisa, died in 1882. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Nora Hall, Dallas; Mrs. Walter Norman, Byers, a brother, W. H. James, Hillsboro, thirty-one grandchildren and three great grandchildren. His death marks the close of a life devoted to the best interests of his family, his community and all that stood for the best. Among the out of town people attending the funeral were: all members of the faculty of the Covingston school of which H. Grady James is superintendent; Rev. Jas. L. Tramell, pastor of the Covington Methodist Church and Rev. and Mrs. Jas. L. Swindell of Hillsboro. Pallbearers were: Grady Hart, T. K.. Speer, J. W. Rosson, J. E. Davis,W. J. Kearse and Robt. Florida. Funeral Notice: "Died Monday, Feb. 5, 1934, at family home near Milford, Texas. J. H. JAMES, age 83...."   Copyright © 1998-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:44 MDT